Sprinkling-nozzle



(No Model.)

J, W. ANDERSON.

I SPRINKLING NOZZLE- No. 396,059. Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

\mmze by \nvenTov M, f I I NiTEn STATES JOHN WV. ANDERSON, OF SOUTII BEND, INDIANA.

SPRINKLING-NOZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,659, dated January 15, 1889. Application filed August 23, 1387 Serial No. 247,686. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN \V. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Sprinklingozzle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of sprinklirig-nozzles in which the water is discharged through a slotted opening; and the objects of my invention are, first, to construct a sprinkling-nozzle suitable for attaching to street-sprinkling tanks, so that the water will leave the nozzle in a solid sheet or jet and spread sufficiently to form a spray before it reaches the ground; second, to afford facilities for increasing and diminishing the size of the opening through which the water issues, and, third, to provide a sup- Pl6111611tftl *j6t from the same head. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of the entire machine, and Fig. 2 is a top view at the line A I3.

Similar ligu res refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

l is the body of the nozzle, in-eferably of circular form, but maybe in straight lines without departing from the spirit of my in.- vention. At the bottom of the shell of the nozzle a is an. upwardly-inclined flange, 5, which extends about half-way around the circle when constructed in circular form, and is set at the proper angle to give the stream the required spread. The flange 5 lso projects inward beyond the metal forming the lower side of the slot, as shown in Fig. 1. A bottom plate, 6,has a rim, 7, which extends around the edge about the same distance as the flange 5. The bottom plate, 6, may be fastened to the lower end of the shell of the nozzle a; but I prefer making it with a semicircular flange, 8, of suitable diameter to slide over the shell of the nozzle l. A finger or flange, 9, attached to the bottom plate, runs up inside the shell of the nozzle, and in combination with the flange 8 forms a uide to hold the bottom plate in position,

and affords facilities for adjusting the size of the slot between the flange 5 and rim 7. I attach a rod, 10,110 the flange 8, by which, with proper connections, the driver can while in his seat enlarge or diminishthe size of the slot at pleasure. Two slots can. be used in the same nozzle; but preferably, when the nozzle is to have two discharge-slots, I make the casing with a partition, 13, which gives a supplementary water-way, 12, the bottom being of similar shape and equivalent to the bottom plate, (3. The bevel-flange 115 is of similar size and shape to the flange 5 at the bottom of the shell. The water is let into the nozzle l by the valve 11, which may be of any well-known form. The valve ll) admits the water to the supplementary chamber 12, and the valve-stems l7 and 18 are connected to suitable rods running to foot-levers near the drivers seat. If desired, one valve may supply both nozzles. The chamber t is screwed or bolted to any suitable reservoir or drum having an inlet through which the water is conducted from the tank.

In operation the water is admitted to the nozzle althrough the valve 11, when it flows against the rim 7 of the bottom plate, 6, then upward and strikes the flange 5, which spreads it anddirects 1t outward, converting it into drops or spray by the time it reaches the ground. Should more water be needed, the valve 16 is opened and a second stream is turned on, or the flow of the lower nozzle is increased by lowering the bottom plate, 6; or both means may be used at the same time to increase the discharge of water.

I have described the upward incline of the bottom end of the shell of the nozzle 4 as a bevel-flange, as that construction makes the article neater and lighter; but it is evident that the same result might be obtained by making the shell of the nozzle sufficiently thick to give the length of incline required and would not depart from the spirit of my invention.

I am aware that prior to my invention sprinkling-nozzles have been made with a slotted discharge; so I make no claim, broadly, to a slot; but

hat I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y In a sprinkling-1107.2]e, a shell having two water-Ways therein and having an independ' ent discharge-slot communicating with each water-way,m1d :ul upwzu'dlyinelined flange combination with two inlet-Valvesioemied inside the body of the nozzle, substantially as shown and. described.

J01 IN 'W. AN [)ICRSON forming The upper side of each slot and pro- \Yitnesses:

ERNEST F. GRE'JFIIER, I PAUL ANDERSON.

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